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May 20, 1924.- v 1,494,929

M. OSTROVE CAP Filed March 6, 1924 INVENTOR @amw HIS ATTOaEYS PatentedMay 20, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS OSTROVE OF BROOKLYN. NEVT YORK, ASSIGNOIL T OSTROIFSKY BROTHERS,A FIRM COMPOSED OF OElTROF$KY AND DAVID OST'ROIESTKY, OF YOlEtK.

GAP.

Application filed March 6, 1924. Serial No. 697,20?

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, lVlonnrs ()s'rnowa. acitizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn,county of Kings city and State o't' New Yorle have invented anImprovement in Caps, of which the following is aspecification.

My present invention relates to an improvement in caps and moreparticularly to that type of caps which is so constructed to beadjustable not only to fit the heads ot' different sizes but to adaptitself for vari* ous conditions of use on one and the same head. I am a"are that heretotore arious types of caps have been crmtructed with thisobject in VlQW. So tar as has come to my knowledge. however, all suchcaps as heretofore made have been so constructed that in the adjustmentof the same th appearance of the cap has been more or less marred.praticularly is this the case when relatively large adjustments aremade. The object of my invention is to overcome this disadvantage and toso construct a cap that irrespective of the extentof its adjustment tomake the same fit any particular head the appearance of the cap is notchanged to any noticeable extent.

In carrying out the invention the cap made in accordance therewith ispreferably tn'ovided with oppositely disposed sets oi plaits which areplaced adjacent the ends of" the visor or peak and diverge from the edgeand fade into the body of the cap, together with adjusting straps orother means attached to the lower edge of the crown or body of the capand adapted to he adjustably connected over the visor or otherwise so asto *ause the extent or size of the plaits to vary in the adjustment ofthe cap to position without any appreciable change being made in theappearance of the cap. As preterably constructed the lower edge of oneplait is secured to the cap adjacent one end 0'? the visor and the loweredge of a complementary plait to one edge of the corresponding strap andthe adjustment is eitected between these points of attachment which aremade to take up the material in making! the cap smaller and to let outthe intermediate 1naterial in making the cap larger so that thisintervening portion at the edge of the cap in making adjustments isabsorbed or taken up unn'o-ticeably between the plaits,

Fig". '1 is a perspective View illustrating a cap made in accordancewith my invein tion.

is an inverted plan oi the same. Fin .1 2'? is a side elevation oi thecap.

Fin. 4; is an enlarged elevation of one ot the plait sections. and

"Fig. 5 is an edge view oione of the plait sections.

Referring to the drawing it will be seen that in carrying out myinvention the cap made in accordance therewith ju'c'i'erahly crunprisesa body member or crown which is made oi any suitable cloth or other material and preferably in one piece although it may be constructed of anydesired number oi sections. As is customary the body member or crown 1.0is provided with a band 11. The band 11 is attached to the edge portionof the body member and in accordance with my intention extends from theside portions of the cap around the back thereof. As will also beunderstood the body member or crown 0'1: the cap may be provided with aliningoi any suitable nun tcrial. As illustrated in. the drawing theband member 11 is continued or provided with extension straps 12 and 13for adjusting and determining the size of the cap as hereinafter moreparticularly described. The cap also includes the usual visor or peak14lwhich is secured to the lower Front portion of the body member orcrown in the usual or any desired manner. 111 a. suitable position inthe visor a stud. member 15 is secured. This stud member 15 is adaptedto engage with a socket member 16 to secure the front portion of thebody member of the cap to the visor in the cljistomary manner. It willbe understood, however, that any other suitable tastcning means may beemployed and the snap fastener structure shown and described is merelyillustrative of the manner in which the front portion oi the body oi thecap may be detachably connected to the visor. .liurthermore as alsoclearly illustrated in the drawing the end portions oi the straps, 12and 13 may he provided with a buckle lfi' or any other similar andsuitable device tor connecting A lid between the same and the frontport-ion of the body of the cap.

The parts of the cap as hereinbefore de scribed are old in the art andthe feature to which the invention in the present case more particularlyrelates is the construction of the cap at the opposite sides thereofadjacent the ends of the visor for making it possible to effect theadjustment of the cap without appreciably changing the appearancethereof. To accomplish this purpose the body of the cap is provided withoppositely disposed plaits preferably diverging from the edge of the capbetween the ends of the visor and the ends of the band 171. On one sideof the cap these plaits are indicated at 18 and 19. As hereinbetorestated these plaits are oppositely disposed. that is they are formed inreverse position and diverge upwardly from the edge ot' the cap fadinginto the body member or crown thereof. It will be understood that: asimilar pair of plaits is employed at the. opposite side of the cap; Asthese sets of plaits are precisely similar but one set thereof will bedescribed. in detail.

By particular reference to Figs. 4- and 5 of the drawing, it will beseen that the lower end of the plait 18 is permanently connected to thelower edge of the cap for example by stitches 20 by which also theadjacent end of the visor or peak is also connected to the lower edge ofthe body of the cap. In a similar manner the forward edge of the adjacent end of the band 11 is connected to the lower end of the plait 19by stitches indicated at 22 whereby the lower ends ot' these plaits arefixed in position relatively to the edge portion of the cap. It willalso be understood that the extensions of the band 11, that is thestraps 12 and 13 whether made integral with the band or otherwiseoverlie the lower ends of the plaits and can tend over the visor ashereinbefore dc scribed. Also as shown in the drawing the straps orextensions 11 and 12 of the band member 11 may be provided with buttonsindicated at 23 and 24 respectively.

From the cap as illustrated in the drawint and from the foregoingdescription it will now be understood that the adjustment of the cap tovarious sizes is el'lected by determining: the relative positions of theextremitics of the straps by their connection with the buckle or anyother suitable and equivalent means. Furthern'iore it will be apparentthat this adjustment determines the position of the visor relatively tothe band member of the cap or the lower edge portion of the body orcrown thereof and that the adjustment is effected between the p rmanentpoints of attachment of the lower ends of the plaits. that is theattaclnncnt of the plait 18 by the stitches 20 adjacent one end of thevisor and the attachment of the lower end of the plait '19 by thestitches 22 at the end oi the hand and that the intervening material inreducing the size of the cap is taken up between these points and isabsorbed in the plaits so that the adjustment is not noticeable in thebody of the cap. In so doing this material swings or pivots as it wereat the point of attachment to the lower end of the plaits 19 to the endof the band where they are connected by the stitches 2:2 or the samemovement is effected by a swinging or pivoting movement at the lower endof the plait 1.8 where the same is attached by the stitches 20 at theend of the visor.

I claim as my invention:

1. A cap comprising a body, a visor attached to the body at the frontlower edge thereof. the lower edge of the back of the body of the caphaving extensions which are adapted to overlie the visor, permanentlyformed plaits at the sides of the body extending from the edge thereofupwardly, the ends of corres 'iondino plaits being made permanent at apredetermined point in the lower edge of the back of the body member.the ends of other correspoiulino plaits being made permanent adjacentthe ends of the visor, and means for connecting the said extensions overthe visor to adjust the position of the same and determine the size ofthe cap.

2. A cap comprising a body, a visor attached to the front of the'body. aband attached to the back of the body and extendinp partway around thesame. permanently formed plaits at the sides of the body extending fromthe edge thereof upwardly. the ends of correspondi11,; plaits bcin; madepermanent at the ends of the said band while the ends of othercorrespondin; plaits are made permanent at the end of the visor. thesaid band having extensions ovcrlyim; the lower portions of the plaitsand extending over the visor. and means tor connecting the saidextensions over the visor to adjust the visor to position and thusdetermine the size of the cap.

Signed by me this 14th day of February, 1924.

MIORHTS ()S'TROVE.

